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Lost_in_the_HTTP said:
Sounds like no to me.

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Ex-columnist Kristof ineligible to run for Oregon governor

Oregon election officials ruled that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is not eligible to run for governor because he does not meet the state’s residency requirement.
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If you vote in a state in which you are not a resident, isn't that voter fraud?
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Huh? He voted in NY while living in NY. Or did he vote in Oregon as well?

I don't think he is eligible to run in Oregon yet.
 
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Sounds like he was a temporary resident of NY or something. I thought most elections required you just to be a resident, not to have been a resident for some length of time.
 
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rommelrommel said:
Sounds like he was a temporary resident of NY or something. I thought most elections required you just to be a resident, not to have been a resident for some length of time.
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Being able to vote is different than being able to run for office.
 
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Dr. Oz is running for PA senate but lives in another state. Apparently he claims a residence in PA to legally have that claim. Not sure if it's a PA law or is there a national law covering this type of thing?

https://wlvr.org/2021/12/can-dr-oz-run-for-u-s-senate-from-pa-if-he-lives-in-another-state/
Critics of Dr. Mehmet Oz are questioning whether the TV personality can legally run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Oz has lived in New Jersey but registered to vote last year in Montgomery County using the address of a house his in-laws own.

His campaign said he’s living there with his wife now, which Duquesne University law professor Bruce Ledewitz says checks the boxes.
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You'd think that residency would require you document a certain number of days/nights at the address on record. Owning or renting an address is not the same as living there. Lots of people have second or third homes in different states, but how do they prove one is their residence if they want to run for office if they spend equal time at each?
 
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Lost_in_the_HTTP said:
You'd think that residency would require you document a certain number of days/nights at the address on record. Owning or renting an address is not the same as living there. Lots of people have second or third homes in different states, but how do they prove one is their residence if they want to run for office if they spend equal time at each?
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Usually addess of tax return.
 
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Maybe its because he's out of practice as journalists and spent to many of his recent years pumping out editorial pieces but...as a fucking journalist wouldn't you do the bare minimum due diligence to see if you meet the requirements?

If you can't be trusted to read the law about candidacy requirements, maybe you aren't ready to be chief executive of a state?
 
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pauldun170 said:
Maybe its because he's out of practice as journalists and spent to many of his recent years pumping out editorial pieces but...as a fucking journalist wouldn't you do the bare minimum due diligence to see if you meet the requirements?

If you can't be trusted to read the law about candidacy requirements, maybe you aren't ready to be chief executive of a state?
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Didn't stop Trump or any of his copy-cats.
 
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